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with no focus on any single type of crime. These include any crime in which a victim is involved. Examples include assault (including sexual), battery, rob­ bery (with or without a firearm), threats with the intent to terrorize, grand theft from the person, and domestic violence. ...

By Karen Ivy

While violent crime in Oakland is close to all-time highs, we’re fortunate that crime is usually lower in Rockridge, and during the pandemic, it’s been even lower than usual. The chart below shows the numbers for December 2019 versus December 2020, for both l...

NCPC Crime Report Update — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary Crime in 13X rose slightly except for auto-related crime (1 in July, 6 in August). Property Crimes in 12Y are down by roughly half a dozen inci­ dents from July’s numbers. Aliquor to a minor, an...

■ ■In 2015, through October, 12Y has already had 79 crimes against the person, with two occurrences of 11 or 12 per month. 2015 has a month left to go but it seems likely the trend will continue. Next of concern to the police and — certainly to residents — are property crimes. The police divide p...

By Karen Ivy

you can report online at https://www. oaklandca.gov/resources/can-the- crime-be-reported-online. Basically, you must be over 18 with a working email address, and the crime had to happen inside Oakland city limits and not on a freeway. The first page of the online report- ing site has a list of the types of crime yo...

Five Years, from page 12 Auto-Related Property Crime, Beat 12Y per month month, and month month, and month CCR OT A 2015 paaliees 28 2 Ap ee 44, Jon, and june | 19, Aug. 2018 Apa ee For comparison: in beat 13X, in this entire period, neither kind of property crime ever averaged more than 8 i...

When A Crime Occurs If you see a crime in progress, call the police. Do not call 9-1-1. From a cell phone, call 777-3211 which routes directly to OPD dispatch. To report a crime that has already happened, call the non-emergency number at 777-3333, or f...

Average crimes Maximum crimes per Minimum crimes per 28 45, April 22, March of property crime was 15, in January 2014. It was auto-related crime. Quality of Life Crime, Beat 12Y 4, Jan., March, and Sept. 10.3 | 14, July and Aug | === 73. | 9, Jan. and M...

Moe’ crime statistics for December showed 37 auto-related crimes (car burglaries, vehicle thefts). The graph for 2016 (bottom of tinyurl.com/pnkx4qk) shows that from a low of 14 incidents in August, beat 12Y went to 37 auto-related crimes in Septembe...

By Susan Montauk

Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Works for Rockridge Taking a bite out of crime: a look at this year’s GRNCPC crime-fighting activities by Susan Montauk, Chair, GRNCPC Tcomplaints about litter and noise problems at the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) pr...

...o cited San Francisco’s Delancey Street as a model ■ The partnership of OPD with neigh- borhood lawyers from the City Attorney’s office and code enforcement officers from CEDA to crack down on code enforcement (“Where there’s grime there’s crime.”); ■ The deployment of special Crime Reduction Teams in a citywide violence suppression project; ■ Restoration of the Beat Health Unit to gather information on drug activity. ROCKRIDGE CRIME ALERT HOTLINE Dial 814-2255 (814-CALL) to repor...

crime report was a labor-intensive volunteer work of love by a Rockridge resident until demands on his time compelled him to give it up. Now, local blogs and community forums are available on-line and are more immediate than a monthly crime colu...

Crime Prevention Council Town Hall meeting to be held Thursday, May 20, 6:45 pm in the Rockridge Library. agenda: RCPC General Meeting Thursday, May 20, 6:45 p.m. (note time change) Rockridge Branch Library Community Room 5366 College Avenue at ...

By Judith Doner Berne

She Tracks Rockridge Crime — for All of Us by Judith Doner Berne “C tuned in via Zoom. “Karen has been the core of the Greater Rockridge NCPC for many years,” Ubell said. “She established and maintains the website and email lists. She transcribes our meetings She’s ...

Tracking Crime Burglaries: citywide there were 36 burglaries, 18 of which were auto burglaries. Two were commercial burglaries. Motor Vehicle Theft: citywide, 81 autos were stolen, 7 in Area 2. One of those was in beat 13X. Larceny: Citywide there were 4...

auto-related crimes (three burglaries and two thefts); and three quality of life crimes (two vandalisms and 1 disturbing the peace). There may be a quieter part of Oakland than Rockridge, but I don’t know what it is. from page 3 Visit NCPC’s website for meet...

NCPC Role in Crime Reduction As an existing crime reduction strategy, Kalb supports Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils as providing a good place to share crime tips and information, both at their regular meetings and on the various group listservs. Patte...

By Neil Getz

seeing a robbery in progress are less than Ronald McDonald’s chances of being elected President. Future articles in The Rockridge News will outline crime prevention measures oriented at specific crimes such as robbery, but here are places to start: Form or join a Home Alert group. The Community Services Section of the Oakland Police Department (OPD) provides educational sessions and materia...

Crime police facility. Lt. Green said that North Oakland has the best Crime Reduction Team (CRT) in the city. Its leader, Sgt. Darren Allison, has a background in narcotics enforcement. from page 8 not confined to them, Chief Word said: Forceful...

... #Police Area 2, covering North Oakland, Rockridge, Temescal, Montclair, and Grand Lake neighborhoods. His specific Twitter address is @area2opd, or twitter.com/area2opd. Susan Bernosky Strahan Insurance Services, Inc. 510-450-9051 Beating Crime from page 2 don’t necessarily speak to crime trends or even crime in your own part of the neigh- borhood. Other resources can bring the fuller information you may be looking for. Following is a list of selected web sites with more detailed...

By Karen Ivy

Crime and COVID by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

Crimes against the person include robberies, assaults, and homicides. There were fewer of these, a total of 78 for the year, ranging from 3 (December) to 13 (October) monthly incidents. In the last four years (2015 — 2018), beat 12Y has never ha...

Crime in Rockridge ‘Rockridge BART Lowest in Crime of All Eight Oakland Stations’ — Lt. Ed Alvarez, BART PD Area Cmdr

By Janet Somers

Crime in Rockridge: ‘the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ by Janet Somers Shere is not so dramatic when viewed from the standpoint of the absolute numbers, especially compared with other areas of the city. Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker addresses...

Crime Prevention Council Free for family and friends caring for older adults. Third Wednesday of each month, 4 -5:30pm at the Alta Bates Medical Center, Herrick Campus, 2001 Dwight Way, Berkeley. For information on all support/education groups o...

Crime Reports in Rockridge female, armed with a silver gun, told the victims to “Give me that” before they took their purses. The male was described as black, 25 years old, 5'11" and 160 pounds. The female was described as black, 30s, 5'7" and 1...

Crime Prevention Council • Alameda County Community Food Bank: All welcome, including groups and kids age 10 or older. Assist in the warehouse or office; staff the Hunger Hotline, the Food Bank’s toll-free food referral service. Hotline shifts M...

Crime Meet recent increase in violent crimes and the spike in holiday season criminal activity “N orth Oakland is quite safe,” Lieu- tenant Green assured the audience. “We have the tools to deal with the prob- lems.” Less reassuring are recent d...

Crime Committee Work Lowers North Oakland Crime

fosters crime; all in the richest country on earth. We need to be collecting and connecting all these dots, unless we want more of what we’re getting. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Connecting the Dots DEAR EDITOR: I’m concerned there’s a failure to connect the d...

...by OPD brass at public meetings. I wonder how many other policies OPD has that differ from standard policing, and in such need- lessly blunt fashion. by Carol Kasparek The February Greater Rockridge NCPC at the Rockridge Library focused on crime reports from beat officers and included a presentation by a private security service, 1st Defense. About a dozen people attended in person, and eight people participated via Zoom. Community Resource Officers, the Crime Reduction Team, and ...

By Judith Doner Berne

“as part of my duties.” That’s also because she finds that the Oakland Police Department’s (OPD) monthly crime reports for both lower and upper Rockridge have not been kept up to date and therefore are inac- curate. Still, she emails the statistics she receives to residents and adds her own summary of the findings, for which she regularly gets a “t...

By Carol Kasparek

the Inspector General to comment on the negotiated settlement with the OPD. Secretary Karen Ivy will present a summary of the past 60-day crime statistics. Since the meeting, two crimes have • Call 510-777-3211 from your cell phone, which routes directly to OPD dispatch. • File a report online with as many details as possible: www.oaklandca. gov/services/report-a-crime-online. • E...

The Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Joe DeVries, Oakland Deputy City Administrator (above), will join the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council at its December meet- ing. He will outline the direction he expects the Neighborhood Services ...

By Karen Ivy

...call more than once. The dispatcher should give you a temporary report number — write it down and refer to it in case you have to call back. The police department’s website has fairly clear instructions on what Emergency Calls If you see a crime being committed, you should call 911. But, if you’re call- ing on a cell phone, call OPD’s direct emergency number, (510) 777-3211. Put this number in your cell phone so you can call it easily. Some cell towers still route 911 to the Calif...

The biggest crime problem in 12Y was auto-related property crimes (auto break-ins and thefts), followed by general property crime (burglaries and thefts).

There were even fewer crimes against the person, |1 incidents total, ranging from zero to 2 per month. Quality of life crimes were a little higher, 16 incidents in all, ranging from zero to 3 per month. Both Rockridge beats have substantially lower crime rates than m...

By Karen Ivy

ive years. That’s how long I’ve been keeping statistics of crime in Rockridge. fens I realized recently that while I’ve been publishing lists of reported crimes, and while Darin J. Worm I’ve been keeping a tally of how many crimes were reported in each of the four general pROKER

By Karen Ivy

The real question is: What kinds of crime? The NCPC crime statistics group crime reports into four categories. These aren't official police categories, but are developed by the NCPC

By Judith Doner Berne

...iliar sight that it was when we moved here from the suburbs of Detroit in June, 2011. To me, Sgt. Anthony Hutzol’s appoint­ ment last year as Community Resource Officer (CRO) for Rockridge goes hand in hand with our decreasing neighborhood crime. That was when the number of Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers had been cut to the low 600s due to the recession. The force was struggling to keep up with serious crime, much less having the time to prevent or to investigate anythin...

Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) Discuss crime and public safety with OPD, 2nd Thurs. each month (June 11), 7:30pm. June speaker: Christo- pher Watson, director of the Sexually Exploited Minors (SEM) Program. Rockridge Library, College and Manila...

By Paul Liu

Rockridge burglaries/robberies were down 60 percent while crime in the control group was down by 10.8 percent. This suggests that burglaries and robberies in the most recent four week period were down 55.2 percent from what they would have been absent the patrols. Some community members have raised the...

By Paul Liu

burglaries and robberies in this broader area CrimeMapping.com does not include data from Piedmont, so the actual total would be slightly higher. This area includes the 25 burglaries and robberies observed in Lower Rockridge. With a 46.4 percent reduction in crime, I estimate there would ha...

Toribio says he can now review all crime reports and assign immediate follow-up for additional evidence or identification to round out an investigation. Also, exemplary work can be more promptly rewarded. This improved accountability works both ways, he said. As a part of the res...

Utilizing Law Enforcement Resources Making it Tough on Crime: Hardening the Target by NCPC board members Officer Maureen Vergara, Problem Solv- ing Officer (PSO) for Rockridge’s Beat 12Y (below College Avenue), announced at the March 8 Greater Rockridge Neighbor- hood Crime Prevention Council (GRNCP...

criminal to commit a crime, to increase the chance that a crime would be seen by legitimate citizens, to reduce the fear of crime and to improve the quality of life. Officer Vergara would like as many neighbors as possible to participate at the same appointment; an ...

 The Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council’s ² ÂTips For Vacation and Holidays! ¼ Planning a Holiday Vacation? - ~ Think About Safety & Security ~ Take All Possible Precautions ~ Remember: Most crime in North Oakland is Crime of Opportunity! It is going to increa...

By Susan Montauk

...round by a mugger who ran off when he heard people yell- ing and was chased by a neighbor; that evening passers-by and several residents prevented a mugging of a woman at 63rd and Colby. The mugger fled the scene. he Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) will hold an emergency Town Hall on Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rockridge Library to address the increase in violent crime in Rockridge over the past four months. Guest panelists include Oakland Counci...

By Susan Montauk

out of Rockridge, but there are no obvious havens from crime. In March, more than a half dozen businesses along Lakeshore Drive were robbed. Three individuals in the Lake Merritt neighborhood were robbed by hooded bandits in just a few hours. So far, this year through mid-May (the last date for whic...

At new crime-fighting strategies in Oakland paying off? Have Measure Y police hires kicked in yet? How does Rockridge crime compare to the city as a whole? How can citizens help prevent crimes in their neighborhood? Interim Police Chief Wayne Tucker wi...

By Claire Wahrhaftig-Isaacs

ntil a few months ago The Rockridge News published crime reports and sta- tistics for our neighborhood. We searched in vain for someone to replace the departing volunteer who spent many hours each month assembling those reports from the published data base. Fortunately, the crime statistics can ...

By Susan Montauk

...ood Watch Network Moderator Rillegal businesses, and apprehend code violators. Monthly police reports are posted on the system, and Oakland Police respond to reports by members and follow up when warranted. ockridge has a new tool to fight crime and respond to quality- of-life issues. The Rockridge Neighborhood Watch Network has recently been converted to a Yahoo Group, giving citizens the ability to communicate on these matters with blocks throughout the community. The Rockridge ...

By Susan Montauk

About 10 months ago, in response to a surging crime rate in the City of Oakland, residents throughout Rockridge began signing up to be block captains for the newly formed Rockridge Neighborhood Watch Network. An e-mail web was created and used by the captains to alert residents of each bloc...

By Neil Getz

First Steps in Preventing Rockridge Crime by Neil Getz At 11:50 p.m. on the evening of December 20, 2002, Leslie left the Rockridge BART station after an extended day of work in San Francisco. Leslie and her fiancé Frank had purchased a house and moved to Rockridge just three mont...

to go unreported.” As Sgt. Williams points out, “a report of suspicious activity from a resident provides the necessary ‘probable cause’ for a police officer to stop and detain an individual or group.” Dial 911 to report crimes and suspicious actvity in progress. (Cell phone users in Oakland, call 777-3211 for 911 service.) Remember: If you don’t report it, it didn’t happen. *ADW – Assault with a Deadly Weapon **GBI – Great Bodily Injury ***Auto Clout – a part o...

First, Crime has become so prevalent in Oakland until we are unable to walk in certain areas of North Oakland without becoming a crime vicum. The high incidence of crimes, coupled with drug abuse, act as deterrents for businesses and

By Karen Ivy

can see what’s currently listed for past months. So the stacked lines give the best view of current monthly crime totals in the two beats. The City certainly should not be basing policy decisions on first month’s data.  Better to wait a month. For instance, most February crime reports that weren’t in the March database download were present in April’s...

By Karen Ivy

crime (photographs and/or video) 3. The damage or value is over $5,000 4. The lost or stolen property includes the loss of a firearm; or 5. The lost or stolen property includes the loss of a vehicle license plate. 6. The lost or stolen property ...

Crime Report — by Karen Ivy, NCPC Secretary

» Crime Report: NCPC, page I4

By Cindy Warner

Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) meets in the Rockridge Library at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 8. On the agenda:

Crime Victim’s Savvy Sleuthing Nabs Thief

Crime Prevention Council will hold elections for executive officers at its Febru­ ary 21 Town Hall Meeting at the Rockridge Library. Anyone 18 and older and a resident or business member of beats 12Y/13X (see www.rockridgencpc.com for boundar­ i...

Crime in Rockridge… and Oakland Home Burglary On the Rise In Rockridge

Crime Analysis 1/10/03 .......Burglary: Auto.......................................................Miles & Presley

Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Next NCPC Meeting: Thurs. April 9, | 7 p.m. We hope to have brief presentations by local OPD officers and a discussion of local crime and safety issues. Rockridge Library upstairs conference room and on Zoom: rockridgenc...

Crime prevention is not the only benefit of the Home Alert program. In addition to the satisfactions of commu- nity service, Carol found a greater neighborhood camaraderie and wider friendships. “I’ve found it’s real easy to talk to my neighbors...

Community Holds Meeting as Crime Continues I do know that when I saw a masked driver going down a street collecting items (not recycling) from unknown depths of people’s property in a pickup with no plates, and I tried reporting it, not only did dispatch make it clear OPD...

...th the exception of one who has been detained for prosecution. Officer Gichki stated that carjacking and assault reports have been reduced by 90 percent since these apprehensions. Several attendees described their personal experiences with crime in the area — one had two vehicles stolen within a week; another had their home broken into with extensive losses. David Shrestha, owner of Eddie’s Liquors, shared that his store had been broken into four times since Thanksgiving. He and o...

Crime In Rockridge: Can It Be That Bad?

CRIME PREVENTION STEPS Editor:

By Judith Doner Berne

ovid did us in.” That’s Karen Ivy’s take on the seeming lack of public interest in attending meetings of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), despite Oakland’s upsetting crime statistics. “They just stopped coming,” said Ivy, even though meetings have resumed every other month in the upstairs conference room of the Rock- ridge Library and are also acce...

By Carol Kasparek

is asking residents to report, by any of the methods listed in the sidebar above. Officer Manguy emphasized that reports and ongoing communi- cation from residents are needed for the OPD to be most effective. If crimes were fully reported, the department would be able to present more accurate statistics to the City Council, justify- ing more funding. n The Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Meeting Notice: The next meeting will be h...

Report from the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council important point: don’t leave “live” electronic devices (laptops, phones) in your car — the thieves now have a device that can detect and find them, even if they’re hidden from sight. DeVries laid out the 2023 plans for N...

By Karen Ivy

online because the report doesn’t have a temporary report number yet, much less an official case number. Remember, when you report a crime you may have to go to court in person to testify if the police arrest a suspect and the District Attorney chooses to press charges. To get regular notices of NCPC meetings and crime statistics, sign up at RockridgeNCPC.com. n CollegePrep A...

By Karen Ivy

Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Discusses Local Crime and Fireworks by Karen Ivy, Secretary, Greater Rockridge NCPC O

...dvertising signs, Happy Trails became a local destination. McMann went on to open three more locations of the store, gathering more and more trac- tion as her business became popular. n October 8, at 7pm, the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) will hold its bi-monthly community meeting. Due to the pandemic, the meeting will be held virtually, using Zoom. The Oakland Police Community Resource Officers (CROs) will present their usual report on area crime ...

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...ot use 9-1-1 when calling in for non-emergencies. Rather, they should call (510) 777-3211 to report non-violent offenses like car break-ins, phone and laptop snatch and grabs, and homelessness issues. Residents are encouraged to report all crime, because, even though most of these crimes will go uninvestigat­ ed, they are important for statistical reasons to help determine where the need is for more patrols and a stronger police presence.

Greater Rockridge N’hood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) Dec 12, 7:30 pm. Discuss crime and public safety with reps of OPD. District 1 council- member Dan Kalb will attend, along with the new District 1 rep for the Community Policing Advisory Board. Meets on the 2nd Thu...